Tricycle



(No Model.)

P.GENDR0N.

TRICYCLE.

No. 365,377. Patented June 28, 1887..

s if l y i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PETER GENDEO'N, OE TOLEDO, OHIO.

f i TRlCYcLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 365,377, dated June 28, 188'7. f Application tiled January 13, 1887. Serial No. 224,191. (No model.)

To'aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER GENDRON, of Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tricycles; and I d o hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and eXact description thereof, reference being had Vto the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention-relates to new and useful irnprovements in tricycles.

The invention consists in the peculiar construction of the parts and their1 combinations,

pedal-levers disconnected.

all as more fully hereinafter described and claimed. I f

Figure l is a perspective vview of my improved tricycle. Fig. 2 is a diagram elevation. Fig. 3 is a perspective of one pair of 4ig. 4 is a crosssection on the line xx, Fig. 3. Fig.r 5 is a perspective ofthe pedal from the u nder side. Fig. 6 is a section through the connection of the v crank and pedal-lever. Fig. 7 is a crosssection through the stationary fulcrum of the pedallevers. Fig. 8 is a vertical cross-section l through the Tpiece and axle.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, A represent the driving-wheels, properly attached to the ends of the double crank-axle B.

G are hollow standards or risers, the lower ends of which are inserted in the T-pieces D, which are properly secured upon the axle near the hubs of the driving-wheels.

E is the seat secured to and resting upon the Lshaped springs F, the vertical parts ot' which rit and' enter the standards C, and set-screws a are employed to enable the seat to be adjusted and secured at any desired height.

G are the fenders, which are not secured to the seat, but, in 4orde-r that they may always remain in their normal position with relation to the wheels, are supported upon braces b c, the free ends of which areentered and secured in sockets e t', attached to or formed upon the standards C.

H is a cross-bar, which connects the upper end of the standard and forms a part of the frame of the vehicle. v

I is the backbone, secured to thelongitudinal center of the bar H, while its opposite end is pivotally secured to the head of the bifurcated standard J, between the lower ends of which. the guide-wheel K isjournaled.

L is the guiding-handle, secured to the head of the standard J, and it is provided with a suitable double handle, M. The T-pieces D are not rigidly secured to the axle, but are sleeved thereon, and a bolt, lr, through such T-piece and the lower ends of the standards C, holds the parts together, while still allowing a slight rocking motion of the standards in the T-piece. The same bolts, 7c, also secure the ends of the braces N, the opposite ends of which are secured to the backbone.

O is a pedal, having formed on its under side two ears, m and n, which have suitable holes formed therein to receive the end of the pedal-lever P, and a nut, 0, is employed to prevent an accidentaldisengagement ofthe parts. There is also formed upon the pedal one or more saddles, r.

R is the other pedal-lever,having athi1nble,s, f

attached to its end,which is sleeved on that portion of the lever R which forms theshaft ofthe pedal. The object of the saddle'ris to prevent the pedal from turning over,and limitsits oseillating movement by the impingement of one ot' the arms of the saddle against the lever It. The other end of the lever R is threaded and inserted and engaged with a thread tapped into the end of the stationary fulcruni T; and as there are two systems of pedals and levers, one on each side of the backbone, it necessarily follows that the threads in opposite ends of the stationary fulcrum must run in opposite directions to en gage with the corresponding threads on the engaging ends of the levers l?. This stationary fulcrum is secured to and across the backbone I, and the engagement of the levers P therewith is such as to confine the latter in place laterally, and at the same timenot interfere with the necessary slight oscillation of the ends of the levers, the two ends of which are bent at right angles, or nearly so, and in opposite directions to the body or main part of the lever to facilitate the engagement thereof with the pedal and withthe stationary fulcrum. The opposite end of the lever Ris also threaded, and passes through the flange t of the hookshaped plate U, the hook part of which embraces the axle B. This end of thelever R en ters the threaded socket n in the block V, the

opposite end of which is concave, as shown in Fig. (Land \vhiel1,with the hook end of the plate U, forms a box in which the axle runs.

What I claim as myinventionis*- 1. In a tricycle, :t sent Supported upon L- Shaped springs, one end of which is inserted Within n hollow standard :1nd is vertically adjustable therein, substantially as described.

2. yIn it trieycle, and in combination with a crank-axle, a pedahlever, one end of which is attached to apedul, the other end of said lever being attached to said axle by ineens of a hookplate and concave-faced block interposed be tween the end of the lever and the axle, substantially as set'forth.

3. In ntrieyele, the frame thereof, consisting of hollow standards stepped and secured in the axle-boxes, a crossbar connecting the upper ends ofthe standards, :i centrally-located backbone connecting the cross-bnr with the heed of the guide-Wheel standard, and having trans versely secured thereto n stationary fnlernin,

and the braces connecting said axle'l'ioxes und backbone, substantially as described.

4. In a tricyele, and in combination with the frame thereof", n stationary fnlernm, interiorly threaded right or left, and` n pair ol pedal-levers connecting such stationary fnlcru 1n with the pedals,substantially :is specified.

5.V In :i tricyele, and as n means of giving motion thereto, the combination of the pedals `O and levers lD and R, the lever I) hivinglits ends bent substantially at right angles to and in opposite directions to the main part of the lever, and the parts being constructed, ar- 1'nng'ed,nndoperating substantial] y as set forth.

(i. In a whecl-vehiele, the fenders G, supported by means of braces stepped or secured in sockets or eyes upon the hollow standards, substantially as specified.

I. GENDRON.

Iitnessesz H. S. SPRAGUE, E. SCULLY. 

